Private company

Central China Railway

Logo: 2Q, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons3

Railway company in Japanese-occupied China

The Central China Railway (Japanese: 華中鉄道株式会社, Kachū Tetsudō Kabushiki Kaisha; Chinese: 華中鐵道股份有限公司, Huázhōng Tiědào Gǔfèn Yǒuxiàn Gōngsī) was a railway company in Japanese-occupied China established after the Second Sino-Japanese War. It was a joint venture between Japan, the Reformed Government of the Republic of China and the Nanjing National Government.2 It is headquartered in Shanghai.1 It is part of Central China Industrial Development Company.1 It ceased to exist in 1945.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

Apr 1939Founded1
  • Industryrail transport1
  • HeadquartersShanghai1
  • Legal formcompany1
Kachu Railway C51 116 steam locomotive
Photo: 朝日新聞社, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons4

The Central China Railway (Japanese: 華中鉄道株式会社, Kachū Tetsudō Kabushiki Kaisha; Chinese: 華中鐵道股份有限公司, Huázhōng Tiědào Gǔfèn Yǒuxiàn Gōngsī) was a railway company in Japanese-occupied China established after the Second Sino-Japanese War. It was a joint venture between Japan, the Reformed Government of the Republic of China and the Nanjing National Government.2

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

  • Central China Industrial Development Company

From Wikidata.1

Timeline

  1. Aug 1945Dissolved Dissolved1
  2. Apr 1939Founded Founded1

Sources

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